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Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress, singer and producer "Chase Masterson Filmography". Fandango Media. Retrieved September 27, 2017.Riggs, Thomas (ed.) Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television vol. 93 Gale Group, July 1, 2009 best known for her role as Leeta on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She has appeared in the TV shows General Hospital, Sliders, and ER and voiced characters in several animated films . As a singer, she has released several albums. In 2008, Masterson won the Best Feature Film Producer award at the LA Femme Film Festival for the film Yesterday Was a Lie, in which she also acted. In 2013, Masterson co-founded the Pop Culture Hero Coalition to speak out against bullying, racism, misogyny, homophobia and other forms of hate.
Masterson hosted an Entertainment Tonight-style news program for the Syfy in the 1990s called Sci-Fi Entertainment "About Chase". chasemasterson.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013. and an Internet-based radio talk show for the website The Fandom in 2004–2005.
Since 2010, Masterson has reprised her role as Leeta from Deep Space Nine, both in hologram form and in her "mirror universe" guise, in Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. "Chase Masterson Features In Star Trek Online". Star Trek Online. July 29, 2010. After Masterson appeared in two Doctor Who audio adventures from Big Finish Productions, it was announced on October 19, 2012, that she would star in her own spin-off series, Vienna, as "impossibly glamorous bounty hunter" Vienna Salvatori.
Masterson is voicing the title character "Auto" in monochrom's science fiction comedy film Je Suis Auto (release 2024). The film is a farcical comedy that deals with issues such as AI, politics of labor, and tech culture.
Masterson was special guest star at the 20th anniversary edition of cocktail robot festival Roboexotica in Vienna and performed a live jazz set for "robots and humans".
Singer and live performer
Masterson has released two commercial records: 2011's Yesterday Was a Lie and 2012's Burned With Desire. In addition, she has released several independent jazz CDs: Thrill of the Chase, whose title is a play on her stage name, the follow-up EP AD ASTRA! (Latin for To the Stars!), the limited edition Crystal Anniversary: Songs from the Holosuite in honor of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's fifteenth anniversary, and the "greatest hits" compilation Jazz Cocktail.
Film producer
Masterson was named Best Feature Film Producer of 2008 by the LA Femme Film Festival for her work as producer of the mystery/drama Yesterday Was a Lie. "2008 LA FEMME FILMMAKER AWARDS". "Filmmaker Winners 2012–2005". La Femme Film Festival. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
Advocacy
In 2013, Masterson, who experienced bullying herself while in school, co-founded the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, a non-profit organization speaking out against "bullying, racism, misogyny, cyber-bullying, LGBT-bullying, and other forms of hate."Wickline, Dan. "Chase Masterson Stands Up To Bullying And Hate – Brings Message To New Jersey Comic Expo" Bleeding Cool. November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
Public image
In 2004, as a result of her genre work, Masterson was named one of the world's "50 Sexiest Women" by the men's magazine Femme Fatales, and the "Favorite Science Fiction Actress on Television" in a TV Guide reader's poll. In December 2009, AOL named her one of the "Ten Sexiest Aliens on TV", reporting that Masterson is "regularly voted the most popular guest at Star Trek conventions."
Lawsuit against Matchmaker.com
Following a series of stalking incidents instigated by a man in Berlin, Masterson – under her birth name of Christianne Carafano – was the petitioner in Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, an online dating service, formerly Matchmaker.com, on which the man had created a fictitious dating profile that contained Masterson's home address, telephone number, four photographs of her, and a description of her that characterized her as . As a result, she received a series of unwanted communications, including obscene telephone calls. When the matter was brought to the attention of Matchmaker.com they removed the profile from the site. Masterson then sued Matchmaker.com for defamation, invasion of privacy, misappropriation of the right of publicity and negligence. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against Masterson, deciding the man who created the profile was responsible for it, and not Matchmaker.com. The court cited Communications Decency Act, which states that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." "Christianne Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc., et al." 339 F.3d 1119 (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit). August 13, 2003. Internet Law Library. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Discography
Filmography
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